The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-07
STORY OF TIE FIGHT
Between tho b. u 0. and ii. . Pennsylvania

Between tho u. u .. and TIL Pennsylvania.
~ An Interesting History.
New York, Sept. G.-The practical
withdrawal Of President Garrett from a
controlling influence in the management
Of the B: 4 O., and a surrender 10 pow.
erful syndicate Of the right to dictate its
policy. iH fortunate outcome Of the forced
combination Of capital against the rule or
ruin methods inausurated by PRECEDENT
Gowen decade ago, and followed by
him with vigorous and untring partincci.
ty at cost to the great trunk lines OF hun.
dyeds Of millions OF money, And yet the
Pennsylvania laid tbs fouadntiop for it
when the genius OF Thomas A Scott was
first directed to compilation and crgani.
cation Eol what il to-day The 2reateSt rail-
way corporation in the world. and-uay
what you may-tna dictator in the rail-
road world; q conservative, Wise aud pru-
dent ruler, but dictator nevertheless.
4 Commodore Vanderbilt had ut last COZ.
solidated the New York Central and Hud-
son River Railroads, and assumed tho d..
rection Of the through traffic betwesn the
East and the West, the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern being controlled by
identity Of ownership as absolutely rs II
the two companies were consolidated or
merged. The Pennsylvania, then owning
the shortest route between the Northern
Atlantic Coast and the waterways flowing
into the Mississippi, was stopped by the
toII.gate erected by the State OF New Jer-
sey, and operated with such rigid exsc.
tioue by the United Companies. The en-.
cheering talent OF J. Edgar Thomson and
the strategic genius Of Oolone! Scott were
then combined and tho Pennsylysnls eya.
tenn was unified with atsrtling rapidity.
In barely eighteen months the loAge OF
the United Companiee, with Its unequaled
terminal facilities In Jersey City, was
secured, and the rights OF the State pur.
chased. W. t'mGSll W. IN
s. The old Colrmhue, Cincinnati & Indiana
Central was leased, giving an entrance
into Columbus, Cincinnati and Chicago
and soon after the Fort Wayne was forced
into the systom. The building OF tho In.
dianspolia & ST. Louis in conjunction with
the Erie and the Indianapolla, Cincinnati
l. Lafayette made the Vsndalia line an
easy prey. and with tie acquisition Of ths
Jeiieraonville, 5isdlson Il indianapolis
into Louisville and the Northern Central
into Baltimore tho System was complete
all but ono important link, the PhilRael.
phia, Wilmington & Baltimore, an in
dependent road, owned by wealthy Boz
tonians and open to all Genera on equal
terms. Over this tho Pennavlvania could
reach Baltimore from New York, but tho
iron horse stopped there and made for the
Baltimore Y Ohio mules. For this slo "
and humiliating journey through the
elums Of Baltimore this corporation sr.
rogantly demanded twenty-five cents q
head and collected 1t IS toll. O. n
u The opposition which tho B.. & 0. met
intrying to get through was child's play
in comparison with thct which was en-
countered by the Pennsylvania when 1t
was forced to get a line OF its own into
Washington. Tho Baltimore & Ohio
claimed the key to the only entrance into
Washington, dictated terms 10 all Corners,
and almost oyerawsd Congress into obedi-
emit compliance with ita arbitrary demand
that the Pennsylvania should be kept ont.
The direct cost OF tho short line OF the
Baltimore & Ohio, II capitalized st cost
and interest, would be considerably more
than ten millions. 4 Z. 2.s \; " y /.
Worsted in this Mr.. Garrett saw another
way Of embarrassing the Pennsylvania by
pinohing the Philadelphia, Wilmington &
baltimore, which in it's wise determine.
ton to remain neutral as long as possible
was treating its connecting lines with the
strictest impa1tiality, and he notified them
that his mules would haul no Pennsylva'
MIA cars through Baltimore, and that all
New York passengers must transfer In
Philadelphia. To some managers this
would have seemed 9 staggering blow
since the Pennsylvania was bound TO send